![]() ![]() Even now, the claims of karaoke continue to cheerfully invite you in. Clerks in suits running across the crossroads so as not to miss the last train. Teenagers with dyed blonde hair and sturdy legs peeking out from under the miniskirt. Groups of university students returning from a party. Even if most will fall in love with the dream world of Murakami. In the worst case scenario, it will help us to know whether or not we agree with the author. This piece permeates the just over 240 pages of a novel that gently but firmly leads us by the hand through the lively Tokyo night. For this, I recommend the short novel After Dark ( After dark Afutā Daku in Japanese ), named after jazz song Five Spot After Darkby Curtis Fuller. ![]() ![]() And in most cases a very pleasant experience. However, getting into the narrative of Haruki Murakami it is much easier than it may sound. This is embodied in the need for notes in your books to explain terms like hikikomori, otaku: kokoro. The Japanese neither think nor feel like the Europeans. ![]() After all, to the usual misunderstanding that is reading (during which we inaccurately reinterpret someone else's words) we must add the obvious cultural differences. The novels of the Japanese writer have a reputation for confusing, pretentious, and strange. Murakami It is one of those authors who cause a certain respect among those who do not know their work. ![]()
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